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In this episode of the Hubblecast, scientists Jay Anderson and Roeland van der Marel show how they have used Hubble observations to predict the future of the Andromeda Galaxy and the Milky Way.Projecting the motion of Andromeda’s stars over the next 8 billion years, the astronomers now know the path that galaxy is taking through space. And it’s heading straight for us! Computer simulations based on Hubble observations show how the two galaxies will crash together in around 4 billion years’ time.Credit:ESA/Hubble & NASA/STScIVisual design and editing: Martin KornmesserWeb and technical support: Raquel Yumi Shida and Mathias AndréWritten by: Oli UsherInterviews: Mary Estacion (NASA/STScI)Animations: Frank Summers (NASA/STScI), Greg Bacon (NASA/STScI)Narration: Dr J (Joe Liske)Images: NASA & ESAMusic: John Stanford from Deep SpaceDirected by: Oli UsherExecutive producer: Lars Lindberg ChristensenMore information and download-options:http://spacetelescope.org/videos/hubblecast55a/

In this episode of the Hubblecast, we take a tour of the compact star-forming region Sh 2-106. Its hourglass shape is caused by the final, violent phases of a star’s formation in the middle of the gaseous nebula. This episode explains some of the science behind Hubble’s observations and brings them to life with detailed 3D computer visualisations.Find out how to view and contribute subtitles for the Hubblecast in multiple languages, or translate this video on dotSUB.More information and download-options:http://spacetelescope.org/videos/heic1118a/Credit:Visual design and editing: Martin KornmesserWeb and technical support: Lars Holm Nielsen and Raquel Yumi ShidaWritten by: Oli Usher and Bárbara FerreiraNarration: Joe Liske (Dr J)Images: NASA, ESAAnimations: Greg Bacon (STScI), Martin Kornmesser (ESA/Hubble)Music: Zero ProjectDirected by: Oli UsherExecutive Producer: Lars Lindberg Christensen

In this new Hubblecast episode, Dr. J guides us through the sixth chapter of Eyes on the Skies, the International Astronomical Union's movie celebrating the telescope on its 400th anniversary in 2009.There's no better place for a telescope than space itself. Above the Earth's atmosphere observations are no longer hampered by air turbulence, so telescopic images of distant stars and galaxies are razor-sharp. Unlike a ground-based telescope, an instrument in Earth orbit can operate twenty-four hours a day and reach every part of the sky. Observing from space also makes it possible to study types of radiation that are otherwise absorbed by the atmosphere. Little wonder that the Hubble Space Telescope has made so many contributions to astronomy. And Hubble is not alone — more than 100 space observatories have been launched since the 1960s.Watch this Hubblecast episode and find out more.Subscribe to Hubblecast!More information and download-options:http://spacetelescope.org/videos/hubblecast24a/Credit:ESA/Hubble (M. Kornmesser & L. L. Christensen)Visual design & Editing: Martin KornmesserAnimations: Martin Kornmesser & Luis CalçadaWeb Technical Support: Lars Holm Nielsen & Raquel Yumi ShidaWritten by: Govert Schilling & Lars Lindberg ChristensenHost: Dr. JNarration: Howard Cooper & Bob FosburyCinematography: Peter RixnerMusic: movetwoFootage and photos: for a complete list of credits, please check this linkDirected by: Lars Lindberg Christensen

Visible to the naked eye, only 1500 light-years from Earth, the great Orion Nebula has been known and revered since ancient times. A popular target of Hubble, researchers have now identified 42 new discs within it that could be the beginnings of new planetary systems like our own.More information and download-option:http://spacetelescope.org/videos/heic0917a/Credit:ESA/HubbleVisual design & Editing: Martin KornmesserAnimations: Martin Kornmesser & Greg Bacon (STScI), model based on data by C.R. O'Dell (Vanderbilt University), The American Museum of Natural History/Rose Center for Earth and Space and Robert Hurt (Spitzer Science Center)Web Technical Support: Lars Holm Nielsen & Raquel Yumi ShidaWritten by: Colleen Sharkey & Claudia MignoneHost: Dr. JNarration: Gaitee HussainCinematography: Peter RixnerMusic: movetwo & John Dyson from the CD DarklightAdditional images: Draper portrait: Draper Family Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution; Draper image of Orion Nebula: Harvard College Observatory Plate Collection; Palenque Overview: Jacob RusDirected by: Colleen SharkeyExecutive producer: Lars Lindberg ChristensenAcknowledgement: Luca Ricc

The galaxy Messier 74 lies at a distance of over 30 million light years. In this latest image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope the enormous swirls of this stunning spiral galaxy arc across space, adorned with glowing pink regions of hydrogen gas and lit by the pale blue light of millions of newly formed stars.Subscribe to Hubblecast!Credit:ESA/Hubble (M. Kornmesser & L. L. Christensen)More information and download-options:http://spacetelescope.org/videos/heic0719a/Narration:Dr. Robert FosburyDesign:Martin KornmesserWeb Technical Support:Lars Holm NielsenRaquel Yumi ShidaCinematographer:Peter Rixner (www.perix.de)Script:Lars Lindberg Christensen, Will GaterDirector:Lars Lindberg Christensen

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has made detailed observations of the dwarf galaxy NGC 2366. While it lacks the elegant spiral arms of many larger galaxies, NGC 2366 is home to a bright, star-forming nebula and is close enough for astronomers to discern its individual stars. This video pans across Hubble’s observations of this galaxy.Credit:NASA, ESA. Music: John Dyson (from the album Moonwind).More information and download-options:http://spacetelescope.org/videos/heic1207b/

To celebrate the 22nd anniversary of the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope this month, episode 54 of the Hubblecast gives a slideshow of some of the best images from over two decades in orbit, set to specially commissioned music.More information: http://www.spacetelescope.org/videos/heic1206a/Credit:ESA/HubbleVisual design and editing: Martin KornmesserWritten by: Oli UsherImages: NASA, ESAMusic: Toomas ErmDirected by: Oli UsherWeb and technical support: Raquel Yumi ShidaExecutive producer: Lars Lindberg Christensen

Over two decades in orbit, the Hubble Space Telescope has made a huge number of observations. Every week, we publish new ones on the Hubble website. But hidden in Hubble’s huge data archives are some truly breathtaking images that have hardly ever been seen by anyone.In this episode, Dr J, aka Dr Joe Liske, explains what all this data is, what it’s for, and how you can take a look at it yourself.More information: http://www.spacetelescope.org/videos/hubblecast53a/

This video pans across Hubble observations of globular cluster Messier 9. This ball of stars (Hubble sees over 250 000 of them) is located towards the centre of our galaxy. A wide palette of colours is visible here, a testament to the varied temperatures of the stars in the cluster. Red stars are cooler, while blue ones are hotter.Credit:NASA & ESAMore information and download-options:http://spacetelescope.org/videos/heic1205b/

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope is famous for looking deep into the past of the Universe. But it can also predict the future. This episode of the Hubblecast takes us on a journey five billion years from now, to see the ultimate fate of the Solar System. More information: http://www.spacetelescope.org/videos/hubblecast52a/

In episode 49 of the Hubblecast, Dr Joe Liske (aka Dr J) asked viewers to send in their questions about astronomy and the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. In episode 50, Dr J picks his favourite few questions from the hundreds that were sent in.More information: http://www.spacetelescope.org/videos/hubblecast50a/

In this episode of the Hubblecast, Joe Liske (aka Dr J) looks at newborn stars firing out jets of matter. These jets may cast new light on how the Sun formed 4.5 billion years ago.Credits and more information are available on: http://www.spacetelescope.org/videos/heic1113a/

This joint episode of the Hubblecast and ESOcast presents Abell 2744, an unusual cluster of galaxies nicknamed "Pandora's Cluster" by the astronomers who have studied it. Looking at the galaxies, gas and dark matter in the cluster, scientists have reconstructed the series of huge collisions that created it, and have uncovered some strange phenomena never seen together before.More information: http://www.spacetelescope.org/videos/heic1111a/

The Hubblecast's Dr J, aka Joe Liske, takes us on a tour of Centaurus A, a bright and dusty galaxy in the Southern sky. Hubble’s observations are the most detailed ever made of this galaxy.More information: http://spacetelescope.org/videos/heic1110a/

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope is working on three of the most ambitious projects in its history just now. These multicycle treasury programs are using Hubble’s unique ability to observe across the spectrum from ultraviolet, through visible, to infrared light, to build up a library of data which will serve astronomers for many years. In this podcast episode, presenter Dr J (aka Joe Liske) looks at these projects, and how they will complement the capabilities of the next great thing in space-based astronomy, the James Webb Space Telescope.Credits and download options (many formats available) are on: http://www.spacetelescope.org/announcements/ann1109/